Series Special Ops True — 1 season, 10 episode

Story

In 2016, Green Berets Cole Morrison and Sgt. Rhyan Syester led ODA 5313 through a demanding campaign in northern Syria. Their mission centered on retaking Dabiq, freeing 37 villages from ISIS control, and dismantling the organization’s propaganda hub. The episode follows the operation through the perspective of the people who carried it out, keeping attention on the scale of the assignment and the decisions required to complete it.

Firsthand testimony and previously unseen footage bring the mission closer to the ground level. Rather than presenting the campaign as a distant military summary, the episode explores how the operation was experienced by those inside it, while preserving the larger context of the effort to weaken ISIS’s hold over the region.

Overview

Special Ops True is a documentary series focused on military missions remembered by the people who lived through them. This episode combines personal accounts with never-before-seen footage to examine a major operation carried out by American special forces. Its approach places the human experience alongside the strategic objective, giving the viewer a direct sense of the responsibility carried by the unit and its leaders.

Credited to director Andrew Sheppard, the series maintains a factual, firsthand tone. This installment is shaped around testimony, mission details, and footage connected to the events, creating a focused account of combat operations, village liberation, and the effort to eliminate a powerful source of extremist propaganda.

Cast and Characters

The episode centers on Green Berets Cole Morrison and Sgt. Rhyan Syester, who led ODA 5313 during the campaign. Their experiences provide the central human perspective, while the unit’s actions define the episode’s military focus.

As a documentary, the program has no scripted cast. Its principal figures are the service members whose testimony and recollections give the operation its personal dimension.